A series of deals over the summer suggests growing interest by private equity investors in acquiring community banks. Five such deals have been announced this summer alone.

The plan calls for the formation of Orca Bank in Bellingham, Washington. It would become a subsidiary of Savi, whose CEO would assume the same role at the bank.

The job cuts come amid caution about the industry's growth potential in the second half of the year. Some 45,000 positions have been lost in banking and related industries over the last two-plus years.

Two-thirds of business executives expect to pursue merger-and-acquisition deals over the next 12 months, according to a new EY survey. That's good news for larger banks with M&A advisory operations.

Goldman Sachs Group is exploring a sale of an investment-advisory business it bought four years ago, undoing another signature deal under CEO David Solomon's ill-fated push to manage money for a broader set of customers.

Banks are committing financing for a slew of new deals, while investors clamor for syndicated loans as interest rates rise.

Expansions in the state by giants such as JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America could accelerate credit union consolidation, as evidenced by two recent deals.

Consumers favor credit cards that offer better spending rewards and that card issuers should consider providing services to help their customers manage growing account balances, J.D. Power's annual survey found.

The Canadian bank committed Monday to lending and investing over $2 billion in the Garden State's lower- to middle-income communities over the next three years. A $50 billion, multistate agreement was scrapped earlier this year after TD failed to get approval to buy First Horizon.

UBS Group AG decided to end an agreement with the Swiss government to cover losses it could incur from the rescue of Credit Suisse, a sign that the mammoth integration is on track and the stricken lender's assets might be less troublesome than initially feared.

The Wilmington, Delaware, bank announced this week that it had purchased Bell Rock Capital. WSFS' management says that legal troubles involving that investment advisory firm's founder won't affect the transaction.

The nearly $81 million plan to buy Community Financial Group in Spokane, Washington, would mark the 13th acquisition in the past decade for Glacier. The Montana-based bank has more than tripled in size during that time.

Bankers say regulatory burden, rising costs and intensifying competition will reignite a drive for scale and spur dealmaking provided interest rates level off and the economic outlook improves.

Texas State Bankshares has agreed to buy Estrada Hinojosa & Co., one of the nation's biggest municipal underwriting and advisory firms.

The Minneapolis company is issuing stock to the Japanese banking giant that previously owned MUFG Union Bank in order to repay part of a $3.5 billion obligation. The move will also boost a key capital ratio, which sagged after the deal was completed, but is expected to cut into U.S. Bancorp's earnings per share.

The Seattle bank, which has lost about two-thirds of its market value this year, is also said to be considering raising capital and selling assets.

Harborstone Credit Union in Lakewood, Washington, plans to take over the Seattle Bank, which scuttled a deal to sell to BM Technologies last year.

Investors should expect "consistency, predictability," says COO Tyler Wilcox, who is scheduled to take over for longtime CEO Chuck Sulerzyski when he retires next spring.

Seibly, a 35-year banking industry veteran, takes over the Jacksonville, Florida, online bank now that private equity investors have purchased it from TIAA.

A pending deal between two sizable institutions in Minnesota could mark the end of a dealmaking drought, experts say.